When they hear “psychiatry”, many people can’t help but associate it with “mental patients” who are incoherent, giggle for no reason, act absurdly, and lose their minds. Therefore, the mention of going to see a psychiatrist, people will instinctively fear, on the one hand, strongly deny that they have “mental problems”, trying to find ways to remove themselves from the “mental patients”; on the other hand, avoiding ” psychiatrist” is like a “mental patient”. Psychiatrist” is like avoiding the plague, as far as possible to avoid as far as possible, afraid to see the “psychiatrist” will be with “mental illness” as well. Other people, although not as fearful of psychiatrists as the above, but they always take it for granted that psychiatrists only care about those who have more or less psychological problems, while physical pain is not part of the scope of practice of psychiatrists. In fact, this is a misinterpretation of the term “psychiatry” or “psychiatry”. The word “psychiatry” is derived from the Greek words “mind” and “therapy”. It refers to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses in order to maintain mental health. It is impossible to draw a clear line between body-based medicine and spiritual medicine, and the relationship between the physical state and the spiritual state cannot be taken lightly in the study of spiritual medicine. From the point of view of physical medicine, human feelings also affect physical health and sometimes turn the condition dramatically. In order for readers to better understand the discipline of psychiatry, and more importantly, to understand the circumstances under which they need to seek the help of psychiatrists, the author lists common clinical problems that require psychiatric help but are often ignored by patients for readers’ reference: insomnia Insomnia is not new to most people, but it is sometimes rare that it can be treated correctly. For insomnia, there are two common misconceptions: one is to interpret insomnia as catastrophic, and to think of the consequences of insomnia as very serious, so they live in fear of insomnia all day long, and as a result, the occasional insomnia becomes long-term insomnia; the second is to pay attention to the symptomatic treatment of insomnia, ignoring the solution to the causes behind insomnia, and as a result, the more sleeping pills are taken, but the problem is still not solved. In fact, insomnia is often a symptom of certain mental disorders, for example, early awakening (i.e. waking up 1-2 hours earlier than usual in the morning and not being able to fall back to sleep after waking up) usually suggests the possibility of depression, while difficulty in falling asleep is often related to anxiety. Therefore, as a patient who has been suffering from insomnia for a long time, it is wise to find a professional psychiatrist to evaluate yourself in order to develop a scientific and reasonable treatment plan for yourself, rather than “avoiding the disease” and delaying your condition. If you are not feeling well, you should go to the doctor. However, for some people, somatic discomfort can be varied, such as headache, abdominal pain, chest tightness ……, which are not fixed and sometimes difficult to describe in words; for others, somatic discomfort is fixed in one part of the body, such as foreign body sensation in the throat, blocked nostrils or head pressure; for others, somatic discomfort For some people, somatic discomfort is systemic, such as fear of cold, even if the three volt weather must wear a cotton jacket …… these discomfort, can be sudden, such as suddenly feel panic, chest tightness, breathlessness; can also be chronic, such as pain around the body, and persistently. Despite the different manifestations, they all have the following common features: 1, patients are very concerned about the above discomfort, and often over-interpreted, always worried that they are suffering from some major disease; 2, any medical examination has not found the basis for the existence of organic lesions in the corresponding organs and systems, or even if there is, it is obviously not consistent with the nature and severity of the patient’s somatic discomfort, and is ineffective to deal with according to the corresponding somatic diseases; 3, negative results of laboratory tests and 3, the negative results of laboratory tests and the doctor’s explanation that the patient is not ill cannot dispel the patient’s doubts about his or her health status; 4, the patient does not admit the existence of any psychological disorder, and any attempt to interpret the patient’s somatic discomfort from a psychological point of view is destined to be rejected wholesale by the patient, which is an important reason for such patients to delay going to the psychiatric department; but the more so, the more the patient is in the right The more detours the patient takes on the road to proper diagnosis and treatment, the greater the cost, and the slower the recovery. Many patients have gone to all the internal and external departments and have been examined from head to toe, only to be advised to see a psychiatrist and have spent all their money by then. In order to avoid such an outcome, the right approach is to request the intervention of a psychiatrist to discuss the next step in the diagnosis and treatment plan after the initial examination does not reveal any problems, which will help save medical expenses and reduce the cost of treatment. Bad mood Bad mood is just a general term, different people have different descriptions of bad mood, some people v. unhappy, sullen, happy; some people feel upset and irritable, easy to lose control of emotions; some people feel apprehensive, empty inside; some people self-reported feelings seem to be numb, neither experience happy, nor feel sad; there are people who feel general mood, but Onlookers seem to him / her always sad face or sighing, and even without saying two sentences on the tears like rain …… so and so, can be “bad mood” and in a nutshell. But all people, there will be bad mood at times. But if in a bad mood at the same time, there are the following conditions, you need to see a psychiatrist: 1, life is not found to cause bad mood events, or even if there are some bad events, but these bad events, such as placed in another stage of life, or similar to their own situation, may not be a big deal; 2, bad mood persists for more than 2 weeks, and Even through other people’s guidance, vacation, travel and other ways to resolve still no signs of relief; 3, bad emotions in addition to their own spiritual distress, but also brought their own physical discomfort, such as often feel panic, chest tightness, fatigue, poor, thinning, etc.; 4, bad emotions to all aspects of their lives have brought negative impact, such as the attitude to life has become more negative, to The negative mood has brought negative effects to all aspects of one’s life, such as a more negative attitude toward life, less active and enthusiastic about interpersonal communication, less committed to work and even disgusted. Grumpy people usually give people the feeling that they are “not to be messed with”, and they often have to be careful when getting along with them, fearing that they will touch his/her sensitive nerves, so as not to attract abuse or fist-fighting. Temper tantrums, different situations have different manifestations: such as since childhood has always been so, it is possible that the character; such as a certain time after becoming so, you need to be alert to the possibility of suffering from mental disorders. There are several kinds of temper tantrums: if the temper tantrum goes through three stages of “tolerating but not sending out – tolerating and exploding – regretting and blaming oneself”, it may be neurasthenia or depression. If the temper tantrum is “scolding you”, and after the scolding, you still think you “deserve it”, you should pay attention to the possibility of manic episodes; if the temper tantrum comes from an inexplicable or unwarranted “crime “If you are “confused about big things, but calculating about small things”, you should be alert to the possibility of any lesions in the brain. …… No matter which of the above situations you belong to, it is necessary to see a The first thing you need to do is to see a psychiatrist to get a clear diagnosis and early treatment. The most important thing is that the person who is suspicious by nature like Cao Cao or sensitive and suspicious like Lin Daiyu is mostly related to character defects. However, if a person who has always been open and honest suddenly or gradually becomes suspicious, it is necessary to be alert to the possibility of mental disorders. Suspicious people are characterized by heavy suspicion, and the object and content of suspicion often vary from person to person, some suspect that they are being followed, monitored, spied on or even framed by someone; some suspect that every word and deed of people around them is directed at them, and even feel that the content of the TV or radio is insinuating themselves; some suspect that their spouse is unfaithful to them, so they ask their spouse to live within their sight at all times, and Some suspect that they are not born to their parents, and insist that so-and-so is their real parent; some suspect that they have some kind of difficult disease, so they go around to seek medical help and repeatedly ask for various tests …… above suspicious people, their suspicions Most of these paranoid people have no realistic basis for their suspicions and do not accept any factual corrections or the persuasion of others, so they are often obstinate and bent on their own way. Therefore, timely access to a psychiatrist is not only beneficial to the hypochondriac, but can also greatly reduce the number of avoidable family and social tragedies. Isolation and laziness Sometimes isolation and laziness is also a disease that needs to be treated. Such people are not born this way, but most from a certain period of time (the family usually can not remember the exact date of the beginning of the disease) gradually began to become incompatible, like to be alone, lack of motivation, do not want to entertain. As time goes by, the person becomes more and more withdrawn and passive, shutting up all day, not talking, treating people with indifference, not listening to things outside the window, not caring about people, things and things around them, often dazed, bedridden, not wanting to go to school or work, and not even bothering to do the daily washing. The sooner these people see a psychiatrist and receive treatment, the better the results. Otherwise, the longer the illness lasts, the more difficult it will be to restore the person to his or her pre-morbid state, even if “Hua Tuo is reborn”. These are some of the common problems that require psychiatric care but are often overlooked, but it is important to emphasize that there are many more problems that require psychiatric care. Having said that, some readers may ask, what exactly is the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist? Simply put, a qualified psychiatrist must also be a professional psychologist, and a qualified psychologist cannot, in any way, overstep his or her authority to practice what only a psychiatrist is qualified to practice. Professionally speaking, the biggest difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist lies in the difference in their professional knowledge. A qualified psychiatrist is first of all a general practitioner, who needs to go through a systematic and rigorous education in general medicine, and then further study in the field of psychiatry and medical psychology, and finally pass the national examination before becoming a qualified psychiatrist; whereas a psychologist does not Psychiatrists, on the other hand, do not need to have a medical education background, and can become a psychiatrist by attending certain vocational training and passing a national examination on vocational skills, so their growth process is relatively simple. In terms of means of practice, psychiatrists can prescribe drugs to patients in addition to psychotherapy, while psychologists do not have prescriptive power and the only thing they can do is to refer psychiatrists to psychiatrists for mental problems that require drugs. Obviously, the problems listed above are beyond the ability of psychiatrists to deal with. The last thing I would like to say to our readers is that it is not always necessary to go to a psychiatrist because you are “crazy”; but you can go at any time to make yourself “more spiritual”.